Sacred Sutta Treasury · CBETA T14, no. 475 · Kumārajīva
Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra (The Teaching of Vimalakīrti)
维摩诘所说经 · 在家大士不二法门与不思议解脱大乘经
The classic masterwork on householder Bodhisattva practice and radical non-duality. The layman sage Vimalakīrti outshines the greatest monastic disciples, demonstrating that authentic spiritual liberation is realized not through world-flight, but through the direct taste of the Non-Dual Dharma Door—culminating in his famous "Thunderous Silence."
Historical context
In the great city of Vaiśālī, the wealthy elder Vimalakīrti fell ill as an expedient means to teach the Dhamma. When the Buddha asked his great disciples (Śāriputra, Maudgalyāyana, Mahākāśpaya, etc.) and Bodhisattvas to visit him, each hesitated, recalling past encounters where Vimalakīrti effortlessly deconstructed their conceptual rigidities.
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- T475 · 維摩詰所說經
CBETA · Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text AssociationConsult the complete named Taishō recension used as the canonical reconstruction anchor.